I dont have the actual source documents listed here unfortunately, but the following list purportedly is the result of a search of all (electronically archived) immigration records for "Thomas Piner" from 1500-1900. There seem to be at least 3 of them who came to the colonies in 1726, 1746, and 1748, all to Virginia. I also have some copies of mid-18th century court records from Kent County, MD, which discuss a Thomas Piner. Whether or not there's any connection, I don't know. Place: Virginia Year: 1748 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 3022295 Accession number: 6837201 Source publication code: 3299.41 Source publication page number: 257 Source publication: HUDGINS, DENIS. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Vol. 5, 1741-1749. Richmond [VA]: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1994. 477p. Source annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transported/imported. Only the names of those to be transported were indexed. Abstracted from Patent books 20 through 28, from the Land Office records located at the Virginia State Library. Volumes 1 and 3 were indexed as source numbers 6220 and 6223 respectively in PILI 1984, volume 2 was indexed as source number 6221 in PILI 1995, and volume 4 is indexed as source number 3299.40 above. Place: Virginia Year: 1746 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 2569251 Accession number: 8147243 Source publication code: 2302 Source publication page number: 228 Source publication: FRY, PHILIP H. "Importations." In William Wallace Scott's, A History of Orange County, Virginia, from Its Formation in 1734 (O.S.) to the End of Reconstruction in 1870.... Richmond [Va.]: Everett Waddey Co., 1907, pp. 225-229. Reprinted by Chesapeake Book Co., Berryville, Va., 1962, and by Regional Publishing, Baltimore, 1974. Source annotation: Persons who proved their importation to obtain "head rights" to land in the Colony. Also in no. 0720, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, the South, pp. 91-95. And see nos. 5831, Morton; and 3816, King. Place: Virginia Year: 1746 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 2086113 Accession number: 8147242 Source publication code: 720 Source publication page number: 93 Source publication: BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor. Ship Passenger Lists, the South (1538-1825). Newhall, Calif.: the editor, 1979. 314p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1992. Source annotation: Contains passenger lists mentioned in Lancour, A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 (1963), nos. 198E, 200-207, 208(1), 213, 215, 219, 220, 222, 225, 227, 229-231, 232A-233, 235-237, 240(1)-243. Boyer has indexed ship names, place names, and about 12,000 personal names, with variant surname spellings. Nos. 9120, 9135, 9143, 9144, and 9151, Tepper's works, have similar lists. Place: Virginia Year: 1726 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 1488467 Accession number: 8147246 Source publication code: 1217.2 Source publication page number: 211 Source publication: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 2. Middlesex, 1617-1775. 334p. Place: Virginia Year: 1726 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 2569250 Accession number: 8147245 Source publication code: 1222 Source publication page number: 211 Source publication: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON, compiler and editor. English Convicts in Colonial America. Volume 1: Middlesex 1617-1775. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1974. 309p. Source annotation: The county of Middlesex encloses the city of London, so these were largely London departures, transportation bonds, etc. The final eight pages list transport ships to American colonies, 1716-1775, bearing Middlesex convicts only. There is an excellent introduction to transportation of convicts in Middlesex Sessions Records, 4 volumes; Goal Delivery Reports, 1620-1672; Books and Sessions Rolls. Also see nos. 1217.2-1217.3, Coldham. Place: Virginia Year: 1726 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 1488468 Accession number: 8147244 Source publication code: 3700 Source publication page number: 125 Source publication: KAMINKOW, MARION, and JACK KAMINKOW, editors. Original Lists of Emigrants in Bondage from London to the American Colonies, 1719-1744. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1967. 2nd pr., 1981. 211p. (Available from Tuttle, Rutland, Vt.) Source annotation: "Additions and Corrections," indicated in this index by the code A, are located on page xviii. Place: Virginia Year: 1726 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 3241243 Accession number: 7523047 Source publication code: 1229.10 Source publication page number: 33 Source publication: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Kings Passengers to Maryland and Virginia. Westminister, MD: Family Line Publications, 1997. 450p. Source annotation: Date and port of arrival or date of conviction for transport and port of arrival. Date and place of felon runaways are also provided. Name of ship and other genealogical and historical information may also be provided. Place: Virginia Year: 1726 Primary immigrant: Piner, Thomas Permanent entry number: 2739769 Accession number: 6837202 Source publication code: 1220.12 Source publication page number: 630 Source publication: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988. pp. 462-920. Source annotation: Date and port of arrival, or date of sentencing or reprieve for transport and port of arrival. Name of ship, crime convicted of, and other information may also be provided. The first part of this book was indexed as source number 1220.11 in PILI 1999 Part 1. Marriage Year: 1795 Marriage Location Code: VA Gender: The gender of Thomas Piner is male. Spouse: Elizabeth Swindel Source Number: 1548.000 Source Type: Electronic Database Number of Pages: 1 Submitter Code: BBH